Making Taipei a Cyber City Richard Yin Advisor
Making Taipei a Cyber. City Richard Yin Advisor to Taipei City Government Chairman , Information Technology Total Services December 6, 2006 1 1
Introduction – Taipei • Taipei, Capital of Taiwan – center of culture, business and politics of Taiwan • Area: 272 km² • Population: 2. 62 million(9, 626 people / km²) • Households: 920, 000 2 2
Taipei Cyber. City Project Objectives Make Internet Services Equally Accessible to All Making Internet a Public Utility Frequent the Net, Free up the Roads! Integrate Ubiquitous Networks Associated with the Network, Synchronize the Pace with the World 3 3
Taipei Cyber. City Project Plan 1999 -2006 4 4
M-Taipei Initiative Objective: Transforming Taipei into a Wireless Hub • To implement a citywide public wireless broadband network named WILFY • To improve digital information connectivity and enhance government efficiency • To offer residents access the internet at anytime in anyplace Key Indicator Population Coverage No. of Access Points Phase I 09/2004 ~ 01/2005 Phase II 02/2005 ~ 12/2005 Phase III 01/2006 ~ 07/2006 20% 50% 90% (520, 000 people) (1. 3 million people) (2. 32 million people) 500 2, 200 4, 000 5 5
Why Taipei? Strengths and Opportunities for making M-Taipei Initiative Successful • Optimum size and density • High cell phone ownership rate • Mature social conditions • An unfair market practice motivating for a wireless alternative • A leading city for wireless broadband 6 6
Project Economics • Public Private Partnership, BO (Build, Operate) Model with Q-Ware Company • Taipei City Government investment of US$3 m on Public Application & promotion • Q-Ware investment of US$30 m on infrastructure installation • Q-Ware plans to invest approximately US$60 m on operation & developing innovative services in next 7 years • Q-Ware will make the breakeven in 2010(Y 5) 7 7
Internet and Wireless Readiness One of the world’s top three cities in broadband deployment • Wireless usage: 31. 8% • Households connected to broadband: 79. 3% • Households Internet penetration rate: 83. 6% • PC usage penetration rate: 88% • Wireless campus coverage rate: 100% (in 280 schools) • Free 3 -hour on-line training course to more than 330, 000 citizens 8 8
Expand Industry Outputs • • • High-Tech Corridor and IT industry clusters: Neihu Technology Park and Nangang Software Park ü USD 60 b generated in 2005 ü 2, 500 Companies recruited ü 85, 000 knowledge workers recruited Knowledgeable Workforce ü 46% of citizens are university graduates ü US$93 m spent every four years to fund IT education ü A majority of MBAs The Best Place to train Knowledge Workers 9 9
Easy. Card Program These “contactless” IC cards (so-called Easy. Cards) offer integrated ticketing for parking, buses, the MRT, taxi, student IDs and books-borrowing cards in self-service libraries! As of October 2006, over 8 million Easy. Cards had been issued. 停车 场 10 10
e-Document and Paperless Meetings • 84% of government document interchange is processed via the system (400, 000 – 500, 000 transactions per month) • Paperless meeting & wireless access in Commissioner Administrative Meetings! Saving about Million Sheets a Year 11 11
Intelligent Transport System • Security-Monitoring for safe roads and safe taxis • e-MRT, e-Bus, e-Taxi • e-Parking 12 12
Public Vo. IP System • Completed the deployment of municipal Vo. IP network • Saving about USD 12, 500/month for Taipei City Government in first stage (since Oct. 2006 ), and a further USD 30, 000/month is estimated after 12 months. 13 13
Taipei Citizens Satisfaction Wireless Taipei Program is highly appreciated by the Citizens! 1. Easy. Card Program 2. Wireless Taipei Project 4. Neihu Technology Park Citizen Satisfaction Survey: by China Times Weekly in April 2006; effective sample size: 3, 266 14 14
Worldwide Recognization • On June 29, 2006, Ji. Wire, the public Wi. Fi company, announced that Taipei City is the world’s largest public Wi-Fi network, covering the greatest area and serving the largest population. • • On June 9, 2006, Taipei City beat other six finalist cities and won the Intelligent Community Awards 2006 awarded by the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF). Taipei’s success was mainly attributed to its wireless broadband infrastructure development and thorough promotion of e-living. On January 19, 2006, the Wall Street Journal reported that Taipei is the first municipal city in the world offering citywide Wi-Fi access. 15 15
Lesson Learned • Major Elements of the M-Taipei Initiative ü ü ü • B&O( build-and-operate) Model ü • Optimization of infrastructure Popular and diverse applications Killer handheld devices for residents Innovative Partnership between the Government and Private Sectors Network Effects ü Combining other network services to share network effects 16 16
Future Direction and Next Step • • Enhancing Infrastructure Development Developing Wireless-Capable Devices Promoting Application Services Establishing Seamless e-Government Services • Deploying from M-Taipei to M-Taiwan 17 17
Welcome to Taipei Mayor Ying-jeou Ma 18 18
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